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March 8, 1932. H. M. YOUNG WIRE FENCE FASTENEH .Filed June 23, 1950 INvz/v 7'02.

Patented Mar. 8, 1932 UNIT D/s ass HARRY M. YOUNG, OF WEBSTER GROVES,

'PROIDUOTS COMPANY, OF ST. LGUIS, MISSOURI, A GGBPGEiiTEION OZ MISSOURI,ASSZGNOR TO VJESTERN WIRE WIRE FENCE rasrnnnn Application filed June 23,

'Z ada table ina simole manner for hi hh efficient employment in itsintended purpose on most, if not all, of the commercial types of steelfence-posts, and to provide a fastening device of the kind set forthreadily applied and adapted to be securely attached and fixed to afence-post in a highly simple, efiicient, practical, and inexpensivemanner.

And withthe above and other objects in View, my invention resides in thenovel features of form, construction, arrangement, and combination ofparts hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a wire fence, the strands ofwhich are attached to the face of a T-shaped fence-post by means offasteners of my invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary crosssectional view of the fence ofFigure 1, the strand being shown by dot-dash lines in partially appliedposition;

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary face view of a so-called studded-Tfence post, illustrating the use therewith of a strand-fastener of myinvention;

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary crosssectional view of a so-calledslotted-T fencepost, also illustrating the use therewith of astrand-fastener of my invention;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary face-view of the fence of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary elevation of a socalled anglefence-post, similarly illustrating the use therewith of a strandfastener of my invention;

Figure 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of the fence of Figure 6; and

Figure 8 is an enlarged detail View of the strand-fastener.

Referring now more in detail and by ref- 1930. Serial No. 463,135.

erence characters to the drawings, which illustrates a preferredembodiment of my invention, the fastening device or fastener A ispreferably fori'ned of a length of bendable wire or the like andcomprises a section including a body portion intermediately arched 0rreversely bent, at l, and having longitudlnally aligned legs 2outstanding at or pro ecting from each side or the bend 1. The

legs 2 terminate in opposed end portions 3, 1

1-, disposed an angle to the legs 2 oppositely to the arch or bend 1,said end portions or terminals 3. i, being bendable under said legs 2,one of said termii'ials, as 3, co-operating with the adjacent leg 2 inthe formation of a permanent hook 5, and the other of said terminals, asat, being rerersely crcolred, as at 6, to form, may be said, a snap orspring hook for he fastener. for a purpose presentvn prises, as tructureor res'i. l to unable sup- 30st C of one form known as a T that is,having a 8 and a stem wardly pre enter lierefrom. As --hown, theindividi in 3 is s H wires 13 are each attaol l t led to the post C bymeans of one of the fas 'ener As sl own in dots 7 dash lines in Figure2, the fencing B being in desired position on the post C, a fastener Ais hooked at its terminal 3 over one marginal portion or dge of the 8,on one side 1 cent a wire or strand 7. The n i en disposed of the wire7, and the terminal snapped or sprung over opposite margin of the postkmanner that the wire 7 is arched over and embraced between the bend land the face of the engaged wire 7 on the post C. Preferably the flange8 is crimped or gripped between the legs 2 and terminals 3, 4, forrigidly securing the fastener A in located position on the post, asshown in Figure 2.

In Figure Sis shown another commercial form of fence-post C, known as astudded-T type, the flange 8' thereof having a medial series ofontwardlypresented studs or lugs IO arranged con'veniently for supporting the,-respective wires 7 of the fencing B, as shown In other respects, thepost C 1S similar to j the post C, and inasmuch as my new fastener A isemployed in a like manner thereon, no further description thereof isdeemed necessary here, except to say "that the studs 10 serve to locatethe fasteners in spaced relation on the post and hence orimping'of thefastener for such purpose may be omitted.

' i fastener A, substantially transversely spans While in thefence-posts C and G", the

' the-full width of the flange 8, in the form of fence-post D showninFigures 4: and '5, the

portion of the fence-post spanned by the fastfener A is that between thediagonally opposed end "walls of a series of slots 11 provided in theflange 12 of the post D. The post Dis a commercial form known as aslotted-T type, and the slots .11 are longitudinally spaced therealongon alternate sides of the stem 13 thereof-. It will at once be seen,however, that the fast-enerA is applied to the fence-post D insubstantially the same mann'erand forthe same purpose as set forth inconnection with the post C, the one terminal 3 being engaged with a wallof one slot 11 and the opposite terminal A being engaged with a wall ofthenext adjacent slot, the strands 7 being obliquelyspanned by, andaccommodated by the arches or bends 1 of r the respective fasteners, asshown.

And in Figures 6 and 7 is shown sti'll another form of fence-post E,known as the angle-type, in which one leg 14 is provided wit-halongitudinal series of spaced slots 15. Obviously, the fastener A isadapted to span the portion of the post E between the opposing end wallsof the successive slots 15,

and hence will be disposed substantially transversely of the wire 7 ofthe fencing B, The fastener A is, however, applied to the post E insubstantially like manner and for like purpose as has been heretoforeset forth in connection with the posts G and D.

V It will be hence seen that my invention accomplishes its objects, and,as I have shown, the fastener A is, by reason of its unique and novelform and construction, adapted selectively to be employed for itsintended purposes on most, if not all, of a wide variety of fence postsnew in commercial use. The fastener A is thus substantially, withrespect to the varioustypes of fence-posts, universally Iinterchangeable, and I might add that the '65 fastener A is preferablyconstructed of a.

bendable wire or the like, whereby it is equally universally applicableon the fence-wire 7 in any position of angularity thereacross.

However, I do not wish to be limited in my invention to the embodimentillustrated, for it will be understood that changes and modifications inthe form, construction, arrangement, and combination of the severalparts of the fastener may be made and substituted for those herein shownanddes'cr-ib'ed without de- Fparti'ng from the nature and principle ofmy portion and forming-with said end-portion a permanentfence-postengageable hook, and the other of said legs also arcjuately terminatingin an opposed angularly disposed endportion, said second end-portionincl'u'dingja reversely crooked tip and forming with said second leg aspring-hook for snapwise engagement with a fence-post in opposedrelationto said permanent 'hook,-said'hooksbeing disposed in the planeof said body-portion.

Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. e

1 HARRY M. YOUNG.

